The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-07-28
MISSING LINKS.
A mill at Tacoma cut 4l6. .S34 feet ,
fir in ten hours.

rake what is IN Slght ana rustic fOf
more" is the motto of the Sarcoxie
(Mo.) Vindiedtor
DIR. III. T.. Peck, professor of Latin
and Greek in Columbia College, is
barely thirty years of age.
The beautiful Miss De Wolff, OF
New York, is going to Paris to study
for the stage. She is rich and enthu-
siastic.
A well-to-do farmer of Johnstown,
Mich, has been arrested for girdlin9
thirteen large apple trees belonging to
a neighbor.
There are more ways of making
money in this world than some people
know of. For instance, W. H. Doane,
of Cincinnati, makes $4,000 year by
writing hymns.
A German medical man says that
telegraph operators are afflicted by
disease which makes their finger-nails
drop off. 1t is caused by continual tap
ping on the telegraph key
..It commands" says house agents
advertisement of desirable resi-
dence." mot only view of the pretty
little railway station, but also of the
people who miss the trains"
Princess Dolgorouki, widow of Gear
Alexander H., is now one OF the chief
aeaders of Partisan society. Her re-
ceptions are noted for the high literary
and artistic rank of the guests.
Gen. Roger A. Pryor has built up an
extensive and profitable law practice
in New York, but the old arena at the
Capitol has charms for him, and it is
said he longs to go back to Congress.
There are only three cities in the
world which have a larger Scandinav-
ian population than Minneapolis They
are Christiana, Stockholm, and Copen-
hagen Minneapolis has SO, 600 Scandi-
navians.
The majority of German school
children, it has recently been dis
covered, are taught German history
only down to the year 1872 They re-
main ignorant of all contemporaneous
history.
ID. o. Mills, Whitelaw Reid's father
in-law, has given $50, 900 for the pur-
.pose of erecting new building on the
grounds of the Bellevue Hospital, New
York, to be used as training school
for male-nurses.
This season everything in a girls
costume-dress, bonnet, stockings,
gloves, and, as nearly as possible, hair,
eyes and complexion-should match.
With so much matching isn't it likely
70 be season of s.matches?"
Andrew H. Green, Tilden's old friend,
wears the same beaver to-day that was
in its glory twenty years ago. FL
bridge L. Gerry wears either cap or
a shocking bad derby. Cyrus w.
Field was never known to sport new
hat.
Clara Morris sometimes sits up all
night after performance, entertain
ing her favorites with wonderful
stories. Then she sleeps all the next
day, and nothing short of a Gfe-and-
death emergency is allowed to wake
her.
A 5-year-old child tried vainly to lift
a large eggplant from which the stem
had been removed. Her chubby hands
repeatedly slipped off the smooth
surface. At last she gave it up, say
ing: 81 can't lift it cause the how-you-
pick-it-up is gone.
New jersey is remarkable for the
odd names of many of its towns.
Among them are Hogtown, Tumble,
Ragtown, Recklesstown. Double
trouble, Comical Corner, Coontown,
Bum Tavern, Brass Castle, Tattletown,
Unexpected Bog, Scrabbletown, Pickle
town, Oneys Hat, Long-a-coming
Goosetown, Feebletown, and Helrs
Kitchen.
Gen. William F. Rogers is the possessor
of a stained glass portrait OF George
Washington which was made in China
seventy years ago, when the art was
almost unknown in this country. The
portrait is by. Sutly, after Stewart
celebrated painting, and is life-size. 1t
has been in the Rogers family for sixty
years, and is one of the half dozen
of its kind in the world.
Nothing is more wonderful than the
coincidences which sometimes happen
in life. Mr.. Rider Haggard, the author
of ''She, was recently in a London
bookstore, when lady entered anG
asked for one of his books. She
thought the price too high and ex
plained: The fact is, I am to meet
the author at dinner Tonight, and
want to read him bit, but he is not
worth 80 shillings"
Gen. George A. Sheridan says he go1
more money for less actual service thar
ANY other man who ever served in Con
,gress. He was not admitted to his seal
until about three hours before the ex
piration of his term, and he drew
salary, mileage, etc., amounting tc
about $4,000. He was also at one time
the lucky holder of an office at Wash
ington with fat salary attached, and
when asked what were his office hours
replied: From to every Other
Tuesday afternoon"
Albert Palmer, well-known Boston
ian, lately deceased, was President OF
an ice company During an exceed
ceedingly mild winter the ice company
people, whose stock was very short
were in serious doubt whether they
ice-hOuses Palmer, in particular
watched the thermometer with fever
ish interest. One evening the indica
fions had promised "colder weather,
and his anxiety led him to get up in
the night and put his hand out of the
window As he did SO he uttered &
loud exclamation. "Whatis it doing
Albert?" his wife inquired. '.Freezingp'
''FreezingP Great Scott mol" exclaimed
Palmer; tits raining hot waterr'
There are three japanese students
in the city of beans and intellectually
who for<some months past have beer
in the habit of dining each Sunday al
the residence of one of the solid mer
of Boston. On a recent Sunday
one was absent, and when the hos
asked why, one of the guests said
solemnly: s'Oh, he can not come. He
very, very dissipatedr The hosl
thought it best not to make any further
inquiry at that time, but after the mea
he ventured to ask the young man in
private: '.You say Mr.. MIN Shi is moi
well?" mo; he not well-he very
dissipated." ''He hasn't been drink.
ing?' .sOh, no! no! He no drunk.
'sNot gambling?" mo, MOP He nc
gamble" MAY / ask what he ha.
been doing, then?" ..Oh, he. very
dissipated. He eat sponge cake allee
time-he all broke up now"
Says the Buffalo Courier: Although
the fact is not generally known, many
of the homes in Buffalo are rich in
curios from every part of the world
In one residence is tall Dutch clock